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Corrado Alvaro

1895 - 1956

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Corrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describe the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corrado Alvaro has received more than 45,803 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Corrado Alvaro is the 3,650th most popular writer (down from 3,369th in 2019), the 2,946th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,703rd in 2019) and the 208th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 46k

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  • 49.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Corrado Alvaro ranks 3,650 out of 5,755Before him are Lesches, Murray Leinster, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Nikolay Ogarev, Amado Nervo, and Hilary Mantel. After him are Farrukhi Sistani, Katherine Anne Porter, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Laza Kostić, José Emilio Pacheco, and Bernardo Guimarães.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Corrado Alvaro ranks 161Before him are Brian Horrocks, Harold Hotelling, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Neco, and Virginia Rappe. After him are Giuseppe Bottai, Alexander Mikulin, Nikifor, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Nikolay Shchors, and Christian Herter. Among people deceased in 1956, Corrado Alvaro ranks 121Before him are Herminio Masantonio, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Ágnes Esterházy, Johann Radon, Lorenzo Perosi, and Nikolaos Trikoupis. After him are Tommy Johnson, Touria Chaoui, Lars Sonck, Marie Doro, Henri Callot, and Nikolai Panin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Corrado Alvaro ranks 2,946 out of 4,668Before him are Laurence of Canterbury (550), Luigi Ganna (1883), Aldo Olivieri (1910), Gianfranco Fini (1952), Lorenzo Perosi (1872), and Sabrina Ferilli (1964). After him are Benedict Menni (1841), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), Francesco Guccini (1940), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Bruno Bozzetto (1938), and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Corrado Alvaro ranks 208Before him are Luigi Capuana (1839), Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), Mario Soldati (1906), Vasco Pratolini (1913), Carlo Rosselli (1899), and Remmius Palaemon (100). After him are Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), Marco Girolamo Vida (1485), Luigi Alamanni (1495), Ugo Betti (1892), and Cecco Angiolieri (1260).